North York Astros are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1990. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest professional soccer league in Canada, and play in the National Division. The team currently play their home games at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, Ontario, a suburb of the city of Toronto, Ontario. The team's colors are navy blue and yellow. [edit] History Originally, in 1990, the team was called the North York Atletico Argentina Soccer Club. In 1993 the team moved to Scarborough and the name changed to the Scarborough Astros Soccer Club. In 1998 the franchise returned as the North York Tallons and was a founding member of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. Their name changed to North York Astros for the 1998 season. In 2002, the Astros were finalists of the Rogers Cup, losing 2-0 to the Ottawa Wizards. [edit] Current squad As of November 2, 2009[1] [edit] =Staff - General Manager
- Director of Soccer
- Head Coach
- Assistant Coach
- Reserve Team Coach
[edit] Reserve squad As of November 02, 2009 | No. | | Position | Player | | Res |  | MF | Victor Gallo | | Res |  | MF | Stefan Zlatanov | | | | No. | | Position | Player | | Res |  | FW | Zakariae Mahrady | | Res | | FW | Stephen Martino | | [edit] Notable Players  - Martin Artale
- Guillermo Compton Hall
- Leo Lopez
- Cesar Ponciano Tomas Pagliere
- Pablo Politi
- Gabriel Salguero
- Ariel Videla
    - Boris Krimus
- Alen Majstorovic
 - Felipe Boff
- Francisco Dos Santos
- Luciano Miranda
- Paulo Silva
  - Robert Andrews
- Tristan Fletcher
- Bryan McCabe
- Brandon Ramlochan
- Darryl Time
 - Gad Espinosa
- Camilo Moreno
- Julio Perez
- Carlos Zeballos
  |  - Gary De Leon
- Sergio Ribadeneira
- Pablo Papatrick Hernandez
        - Francesco Argento
- Alessandro Bancheri
- Daniel Calzini
- David Diplacido
- Frank Iaizzo
- Franco Lalli
- Brian Monticchio
- Alex Nardi
- Francesco Vescio
 |   - Brian Carbajal
- Jorge Collazo
- Hector Amaury Loranca
           - Gabriel Olvera
- Álvaro Yaques
| [edit] Year-by-year | Year | Division | League | Regular Season (Position, W-L-D, Pts) | Playoffs | | 1996[2] | | CNSL | 7th, 0-10-2, 2 Pts | Did not qualify | | 1997[3] | | CNSL | Disqualified | Did not qualify | | 1998[4] | | CPSL | 4th, 6-7-1, 19 Pts | Semi Final | | 1999[5] | | CPSL | 8th, 2-11-1, 7 Pts | Did not qualify | | 2000[6] | | CPSL | 6th, 3-9-2, 11 Pts | Did not qualify | | 2001[7] | | CPSL | 9th, 7-3-12, 24 Pts | Did not qualify | | 2002[8] | Western | CPSL | 5th, 4-6-9, 18 Pts | Final | | 2003[9] | Western | CPSL | 5th, 4-5-9, 17 Pts | Did not qualify | | 2004[10] | Eastern | CPSL | 4th, 3-13-4, 13 Pts | Did not qualify | | 2005[11] | Eastern | CPSL | 5th, 8-10-4, 28 Pts | Wild Card Round | | 2006[12] | National | CSL | 6th, 3-11-8, 17 Pts | Did not qualify | | 2007[13] | National | CSL | 3rd, 5-12-5, 20 Pts | First Round Playoffs | | 2008[14] | National | CSL | 2nd 10-3-9, 33 Pts | First Round Playoffs | [edit] Head Coaches [edit] References [edit] External links |
